My photographic adventures on the other side of the world

The weight of time

On the last morning in Gothenburg and quite ill I made a visit to the Gothenburg Stadtmuseum (city museum) due to a tip off from, of all people, a guitar luthier. Ostensibly I was there to see the remains of a viking trading vessel that was, relatively recently, recovered from a bog. However, it was these likenesses of viking gods and goddesses that captured my attention. They are, of course, not ancient works, but somehow managed to carry a similar weight to them. Perhaps this is due to the simplistic cut of their features, or perhaps just the atmosphere inside the museum. Either way, that is quite the unnerving stare, don’t you think?